Three Poets, Love & One City

“Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love”– Rabindranath Tagore

This Tel Aviv tour explores love through the eyes of three Israeli women poets. “What is love”? Come and hear how Lea Goldberg, Yona Wallach and Dahlia Ravikovitch answer this question.

All three lived and created in the same Tel Aviv neighborhood that you will visit. You will hear stories about the poetic and personal life of each poet alongside the complex relationships between them.

Through their poems you will explore the hidden and magic worlds of these three women poets. Each represents another poetic way to express love. This will expand your horizon to understand what love is in Israeli current literature and culture.

This tour will expose you to the direct links between poetry, politics and urban planning.

You will be surprised at the ways in which political agendas, power and gender dictate your urban reality. Observe how poetry is linked to street names, urban development and construction of history. Join us on an exceptional tour that reveals love and urbanity through the eyes of three fascinating women!

Meeting Point: Sderot Ben Gurion 1, Tel Aviv

Timetable: 2 Hours

Languages: English, Hebrew, French

What People Are Saying

“Encounters’s Poetry Tour was truly original and a fascinating exploration of the works and lives of Lea Goldberg, Yona Wallach, and Dahlia Ravikovitch. I found the tour to be equally appropriate for both Israeli poetry aficionados and people who never heard of these three women before. Ilyll’s expert knowledge brought these women’s exploration of love alive on the streets of Tel Aviv.”– Josh B.